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SPECIAL VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING
VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1993
COUNCIL CHAMBER
85 WEST MCINTYRE STREET, SECOND FLOOR
1 CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL OF N S: The meeting was called to
order by Mayor Festa at 7 05 p m Present were Councilmembers
Mortimer Fried, Raul Llorente, Betty Sime, Raymond Sullivan, John
Waid, and Mayor John Festa Vice Mayor Joe Rasco was absent Also
present were Village Manager Sam Kissinger, Village Attorney Steve
Helfman, Village Clerk Guido Inguanzo, and Master Plan Consultant
Robert Swarthout
2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Festa led the Pledge
3 AGIgNDA: There were no changes to the agenda
Mayor Festa made a motion suspending the adopted rules of the
Council to allow for unlimited public participation The motion was
seconded by Councilman Waid and adopted by a unanimous voice vote
The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime,
Sullivan, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes
Mayor Festa made a motion adopting for the meeting the Local
Planning Agency rules for public participation The motion was
seconded by Councilman Sime and adopted by a unanimous voice vote
The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Sime,
Sullivan, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes
4 FIRST READING OF COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN: Prior to any
discussion, the clerk read a letter from Jean -Charles Dibbs, 201
Crandon Boulevard, which addressed concerns regarding Ocean Drive
Mayor Festa discussed the community character statement The
following residents addressed the Council on that matter Michael
Kahn, 881 Ocean Drive, Clifford Brody, 180 Harbor Drive, Camille
Guething, 260 Seaview Drive, Martha Broucek, 170 Ocean Lane Drive,
Conchita Suarez, 201 Crandon Boulevard, and Mary Wills, 210 Seaview
Drive
After extensive discussion, the following character statement was
adopted "Key Biscayne should be a residential community
Development policies should protect residential character Future
residential development should be at the lowest densities consistent
with protection of reasonable property rights
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Hotels should be permitted in order to provide ocean access
opportunities and respect an established land use pattern, however,
they should be modest in size so as not to overpower the community' s
residential character Other commercial development should be sized
to meet the needs of residents and hotel guests Office development
should be limited to the minimum amount practical in light of
existing development patterns The Florida Department of Natural
Resources should be encouraged to allow only low intensity use of
Bill Baggs Park thereby minimizing its potential for burdening
Crandon Boulevard The different residential parts of the Village
should be integrated into a unified community to the maximum extent
possible "
The Council discussed the Future Land Use map The following
residents addressed the Council on various issues regarding the
proposed map Ms Broucek, Ms Guething, Ms Wills, Joe Valls,
180 Harbor Drive, Ms Suarez, Tony O'Donnell, 701 Brickell Avenue,
Miami, Mr Brody, Bill Ofgant, 512 Fernwood Road, Carter
McDowell, 100 Southeast 2 Street, Miami, representing Biscayne Royal
Venture and Silver Sands, and Eric Nesse, 750 Ocean Drive,
representing Banyan Corporation
There was extensive discussion regarding the L'Esplanade property
Mayor Festa made a motion that the property retain its current
Retail Commercial designation, allowing the Village Attorney time
to research the matter, hence giving the Council the opportunity to
make a final determination, regarding said property, at the second
reading of the plan The motion was seconded by Councilman Llorente
and failed on a 3 - 3 roll call vote The vote was as follows
Councilmembers Llorente, Waid and Mayor Festa voting Yes
Councilmembers Fried, Sime and Sullivan voted No
Retail Commercial and Office designations were discussed in relation
to particular properties ("KFC" property at Crandon Boulevard and
"Exxon" property at West Mashta Drive) Councilman Llorente made
a motion changing the designation of the "KFC" property to Retail
The motion was seconded by Mayor Festa and adopted by a 5 - 1 roll
call vote The vote was as follows Councilmembers Fried,
Llorente, Sime, Waid, and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilman
Sullivan voted No
After brief discussion, it was the consent of the Council to
designate the Crandon Boulevard tree farm property as Public
Institutional
The master plan consultant was directed to prepare a study on a
mixed -use category
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Councilman Waid made a motion to designate the "Exxon" property as
Retail and Office The motion was seconded by Mayor Festa and
failed on a 2 - 4 roll call vote The vote was as follows
Councilman Waid and Mayor Festa voting Yes Councilmembers Fried,
Llorente, Sime, and Sullivan voted No
It was the consent of the Council to include a notation on the map
to indicate the currently approved Biscayne Royal Venture D R I
site
There was extensive discussion regarding designations on the Banyan
Corporation D R I property It was the consent of the Council to
also include a notation on the map indicated the vested rights of
the Banyan property
The following additional changes to the plan were also made by the
Council
Future Land Use Policy 1 1 5 was deleted, dates throughout the
document were adjusted accordingly, Objective 1 2 was amended to
state "encourage private revitalization", Objective 2 1 was amended
to give the Village an opportunity to begin sanitary sewer service
at a later date than indicated, Policy 2 3 1 was amended to
reflect "Village Manager or designee" instead of "Community
Development Director", "Low Density Single Family" category was
amended to include "houses of worship and primary and secondary
schools", "Retail Commercial" category was amended to read
"Commercial", "High Density Multifamily and Ocean Resort Hotel" was
amended to read "Medium Multifamily and Ocean Resort Hotel",
"Agriculture" category was deleted, "View Corridor" category was
amended to delete the verbiage "according to court approved
standards", Policy 1 4 1 was deleted, and Policy 1 4 2 was amended
to delete sub -section 2
Rousing Policy 1 1 3 was deleted as was Policy 1 3 1
Infrastructure Objective 1 2 was amended to change "begin to
achieve" to give the Village additional time for compliance if
needed, and Policy 1 5 1 was amended to include a reference to
Xerescape and delete reference to "Village landscape code"
Conservation and Coastal Management Objective 1 5 was amended to
clarify that the requirement was strictly for single family homes,
and Policy 2 2 3 was deleted
Attorney Helfman stated that he also has technical corrections and
will meet with the consultant to discuss those additional changes
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At midnight, Mayor Festa made a motion to continue the meeting to
Monday, December 13, 1993 at 7 00 p m The motion was seconded by
Councilman Llorente and adopted by a unanimous voice vote The vote
was as follows Councilmembers Fried, Llorente, Same, Sullivan,
Wald, and Mayor Festa voting Yes
5 : The meeting was adjourned at 12 05 a m
Approved this ML.‘ day of UeC rk...-t-ur" 1993
Village Clerk Mayor
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